Betty Trask Award-winning novelist James Clarke is on the podcast today talking about his extraordinary debut, The Litten Path, and his two subsequent novels, Sanderson's Isle and Hollow in the Land. He discusses dialect writing, Northern landscapes and how books could be the new trainers.

Find out more:
https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/the-litten-path-9781784631468
https://serpentstail.com/work/sandersons-isle/
https://serpentstail.com/work/hollow-in-the-land/
X:
https://x.com/jamesrgclarke
https://x.com/saltpublishing
https://x.com/serpentstail
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/jamesrgclarke
https://www.instagram.com/saltpublishing
https://www.instagram.com/serpentstail

Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

Episode 45: James Clarke

In this week's episode, memoir writer Jeff Young discusses his upcoming memoir Wild Twin, how storytelling begins in childhood and why writing should be central to schooling and education.

Find out more:
https://www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/little-toller/wild-twin-by-jeff-young/
https://www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/little-toller/ghost-town-by-jeff-young/
X:
https://x.com/jeffyoungwriter
https://x.com/LittleToller
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/jeffyoung.26/
https://www.instagram.com/littletollerdorset/

Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

Episode 46: Jeff Young

A slightly different kind of episode this week as I'm joined once again by Isabelle Kenyon, this time in her role as the coordinator of the Northern Fiction Alliance. She breaks down the idea behind the recent Regional Diversity Roundtable held in Manchester and the initiatives and outcomes that developed from that much-needed event.

Find out more:
http://northernfictionalliance.com/about
https://commapress.co.uk/
https://www.publishers.org.uk/openbooks/
https://www.publishers.org.uk/publications/the-uk-publishing-workforce-diversity-inclusion-and-belonging-in-2022/
X:
https://x.com/northfiction
https://x.com/kenyon_isabelle
https://x.com/commapress
https://x.com/PublishersAssoc
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/northernfictionalliance
https://www.instagram.com/commapress
https://www.instagram.com/publishersassoc

Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

Episode 47: Regional Diversity Roundtable

In this week's episode, PhD researcher and writer Kathy Hoyle talks about flash fiction, the need to tell stories in our own words and why readers and publishers in the US love a bit of Northern UK dialect.

Find out more:
https://kathyhoyle.com/
https://shorturl.at/BIAke
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https://x.com/kathyhoyle1
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/kathyhoylewriter

Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

Episode 48: Kathy Hoyle

In this episode of Northern Voices, Wild Hunt Books founder and publisher Ariell Cacciola talks all things Northern Weird, setting up her own publishing house and how American readers don't care where a book is set.

Find out more:
https://www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk
https://www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/tag/toolkit
X:
https://x.com/wildhuntbooks
https://x.com/wildhuntmag
https://x.com/ariellcacciola
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/wildhuntbooks_uk
https://www.instagram.com/ariellreads

Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

Episode 49: Ariell Cacciola

In Episode 50, TV and drama writer Abi Hynes comes on to discuss her debut collection of short stories, Monstrous Longing. We all talk about writing female desire, the power of flash fiction and why writers should wait for the right offer to come along from agents and publishers.

Find out more:
https://abihynes.co.uk/
https://www.dahliapublishing.co.uk/product/monstrous-longing
https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/news/2024/09/edge-hill-short-story-prize-2024-announces-longlist-of-exceptional-literary-talent/
X:
https://x.com/AbiFAHynes
https://x.com/DahliaBooks
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/abifahynes

Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

Episode 50: Abi Hynes

In this episode historical fiction writer A.D. Bergin comes on to talk about his debut novel, The Wicked of the Earth. We delve into the politics behind the Newcastle witch trials, writing history and why greater infrastructure in the UK book industry could be key to improving diversity in publishing.

Find out more:
https://www.northodox.co.uk/product-page/the-wicked-of-the-earth-a-d-bergin
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https://x.com/adberginwriter
https://x.com/northodoxpress
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/adberginwriter/
https://www.instagram.com/northodoxpressofficial/

Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

Episode 51: A.D. Bergin

In Episode 52, Northern Voices celebrates one whole year of existence with this vibrant and thought-provoking chat with writer Tawseef Khan. We talk about the healthy state of Northern writing, the difficulties of telling stories about race and why publishers need to take more risks on diverse books.

Find out more:
https://footnotepress.com/books/determination/
https://atlantic-books.co.uk/book/muslim-actually/
X:
https://x.com/itsmetawseef
https://x.com/WeAreFootnote
https://x.com/AtlanticBooks
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/itsmetawseef
https://www.instagram.com/wearefootnote
https://www.instagram.com/atlanticbooks

Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.



Episode 52: Tawseef Khan

In this episode children's writer Sophie Clarke talks about her award-winning manuscript Ellie Anderson is Dead, writing for readers you care about and why it's important for young people to explore themes of death and grief. 

Find out more:
https://newwritingnorth.com/northern-writers-awards/
https://newwritingnorth.com/northern-writers-awards/awards/
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https://x.com/SEA_Clarke
https://x.com/NewWritingNorth
https://x.com/HachetteUK
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/sea.clarke
https://www.instagram.com/nwnnewwritingnorth
https://www.instagram.com/hachetteuk

Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

Episode 53: Sophie Clarke

In this episode, bestselling author Linda Green talks about her most recent novel, In Little Stars. We also discuss the fickle world of publishing, the importance of Northern voices in audiobooks and why we need a greater diversity of UK books in the worldwide market.

Find out more:
https://www.quercusbooks.co.uk/titles/linda-green/in-little-stars/9781787478770/
https://www.lindagreenauthor.com/
X:
https://x.com/LindaGreenisms
https://x.com/QuercusBooks
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/lindagreenbooks
https://www.instagram.com/quercusbooks

Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

Episode 54: Linda Green

Northern Voices explores Northern writers (published and unpublished), storytelling and publishing. The podcast is hosted by Jen Bowden, a writer, editor, journalist and PhD candidate in Creative Writing at Curtin University exploring biases against the North in the UK book industry.
Music credit: 'Water of Tyne' performed by Edinburgh University Brass Band (2009) arranged by Jack Stobbs, edited and scored for Brass Band by David Dye. Used with kind permission of the publisher, arranger and performers.

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